The Saharawi Women are very thankful for the hundreds of actors, Film-makers, actrisses, producers and persons in general who are trying to give awareness on the injustice that is facing the saharawi pwople for over 35 years due the illegal occupation of the kingdom of Morocco to Western Sahara.
The Saharawi Minister of Culture, Mrs.Khadija Hamdi, affiemed in a press conference that the eighth edition of International Film Festival of Western Sahara (FISAHARA) brings a new vision of solidarity with the Saharawi people for the recovery of its legitimate rights to self-determination and independence. Mrs. Khadija Hamdi, who hosted Monday a press conference at the offices of the Ministryof Culture on the eve of the opening of Fisahara, declared that "the objectives of the festival were designed to expand the solidarity movement with the Sahrawi cause and support the international network of artists and intellectuals, known as "Together with Sahara."
"Our action aim at finding new forms of art to give to the cinema the humanitarian and political spirit through the projection of movies in refugee camps, to enable the Saharawi youth to discover the cinematographic art," she added.
The eighth edition of FISAHA which coincides with the regional festival of culture and folk art, is presenting long and short films from around the world, documentaries and a series of movies devoted specially to the theme of the Western Sahara, underlined the minister.
A wide numbers of artists and people from all over the world are these days in the Refugee Camp of Dakhla taking part in this new FISARA´s edition, the minister affirmed, adding that the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela is the guest of honor at the eighth edition of the International Cinema Festival in the Saharawi Refugee Camps.
